There were two Charles Robertsons living in the area at the same time. Click here to see my attempt to untangle them.
Also spelled as Robinson, Robison, Robeson, Roberson and Robertson.
The Holston River flows from Kingsport to Knoxville.
map by Kmusser
The American Revolution was ended in 1783 when the Treaty of Paris was signed.
Slavery is an immoral system of forced labor where people are treated as property to be bought and sold. It was legal in the American Colonies and the United States until the Civil War.
Charles Robertson was born on July 24, 1733 in Brunswick County, Virginia. His father was Israel Robertson.
He married Susannah Nichols. Susannah was the daughter of Julius Nichols.
Julius Robertson (1758),
Keziah Robertson (1759, married Jonathan Tipton and Robert Sevier),
William Robertson (1761),
Charles Robertson (1762),
Susan Robertson (1763, married Felix Walker),
Sarah Robertson (1765),
George Robertson (1767), and
Rosamond Robertson (1770, married Russell Bean).
In 1777, Washington County, Tennessee was formed and the first meeting to decide the location of the new courthouse was at the Robertson's home. They decided that John Carter, Andrew Greer, William Cobb, Jacob Womack, George Russell, John Sevier, and James Stuart would plan the courthouse.
The 1778 Washington County court ordered that David Hickey to be fined 5£ for insulting the Court and Charles Robertson, Jr. was his security.
In the summer of 1780 Major Charles Robertson led the Watauga troops on the campaign in South Carolina.
A bond from William Cox to Charles Robertson dated 2 Feb. 1795,
relinquishing the following to Robertson:
bond on Martin Armstrong for 275 pounds Virginia money;
a deed on Mark Mettle for $1100; debt on William Thompson for 2 negroes and $200;
bond on David Allison for a negro,
agreement of Michael Harrison for 40 pounds;
debt on Charles Doke for 100 pounds;
and all household furniture.
Void if Cox pays Robertson in two months.
Witnessed by William Willson and Joseph Cobb.
On September 12, 1788, Charles Robertson sold John Tadlock a negro girl named Margaret for 75£ Virginia money. Julius Robertson witnessed the sale.
In 1795, Charles Robertson and Jesse Payne supervised the land to be laid out next to the prison in Jonesborough and he received permission to keep a public house in Jonesborough.
Brunswick County, Virginia was established in 1720 from Prince George County. In 1732 the county received more land from parts of Surry and Isle of Wight counties. Brunswick County extended to the Blue Ridge until 1745, when new counties were formed and the current western border established.
East Tennessee is part of Appalachia. At the end of the French and Indian War, colonists began drifting into the area. In 1769, they first settled along the Watauga River. During the Revolution, the Overmountain Men defeated British loyalists at the Battle of Kings Mountain. The State of Franklin was formed in the 1780s, but never admitted to the Union.
American colonists continued to use British monetary units, namely the pound, shilling and pence for which £1 (orli) equalled 20s and 1s equalled 12d. In 1792 the dollar was established as the basic unit of currency.
